11th Biennial Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law
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M. Teresa Turell Professor Turell teaches quantitative sociolinguistics and forensic linguistics at the department of Translation and Linguistic Sciences (Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain) and is the head of the Language Variation Unit at the UPF Institute of Applied Linguistics (IULA). She is the director of ForensicLab and the academic director of the first Master's degree in Forensic Linguistics taught in Spanish. M. Teresa Turell is the editor of several collected works such as Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics (John Benjamins), co-edited with John Gibbons. At present, she is the acting president of the International Association of Forensic Linguists.
Diego Valadés Professor Valadés has a bachelor in Law by the Classic University of Lisbon and by the School of Law at UNAM. His PhD was also in Law by the Complutense University of Madrid. He has held public charges such as General Attorney from the federal disctrict, attorney general’s office and Minister of the Supreme Court of the Nation. From 1998 to 2006 he was the head of the Legal Research Institute at UNAM. In 2004 become part of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (Mexican Academy of Language) with the speech named: La lengua del derecho y el derecho de la lengua (The language of Law and the rights of language).
Georganne Weller Professor Weller has a master in Sociolinguistics and a PhD in Applied Linguistics. Her research is in translation (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and also in preservation and displacement of indigenous languages, policy of language, bilingualism, interpretation and translation. She has several courses and publications in these areas. She is a member of the Mexican organization of translators, among other organizations. She is a certified translator by the US court.
Edward Finegan Professor Edward Finegan researches discourse analysis, language in law, and language variation and change. Also, Professor Finegan teaches Law Skills at the University of Southern California. His current research projects include investigations of ethical practices in forensic consulting. He is the author of Language: Its Structure and Use, and several other books and articles. He completed post-doctoral work at Harvard Law School, where he was a Liberal Arts Research Fellow concentrating on law and linguistics. In addition, he works as a linguistics consultant in legal cases and as a forensic linguist.
Peter Gray Peter Gray served for 29 years as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He has also held office as a Judge of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia, a Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a Deputy President of the National Native Title Tribunal, and Aboriginal Land Commissioner. His long experience of courts and tribunals, and his work among Australian Aboriginal people have given him a deep interest in issues of communication in the legal system, including cross-cultural communication. This interest has led him to forensic linguistics and to membership of the IAFL and of its Executive, on which he has held office since 2007. |
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